Research Note No.1

OPD
Empirical Bayes
Published

October 27, 2026

Overview

The connection between OPD and RL; Apply Empirical Bayes in OPD.

Mathematical Formulation

Consider the expected reward

\[ J(\pi)=\mathbb{E}_{\tau\sim\pi}[R(\tau)]. \]

We want to find

\[ \pi^*=\arg\max_{\pi}J(\pi). \]

Open Questions

  1. What assumptions are necessary?
  2. Can we derive a theoretical guarantee?